HAPPINESS, SHAPED WITH EACH BREATH

February 14, 2017

“Defying all odds, my very being was made possible with delicately, dedicated breaths of life. My creator, Lucy Hardcastle, once sang gleefully, ‘I like to inject happiness into the things I create!’ Fragile and flexible, I materialised through the manipulation of molten glass, a taffy-transparent blob, continuously, rotating elegantly on a stick. Rhythmically, with each timed-breath, I am shaped, I am stretched, and I am pulled. Slowly, I solidify, billowing into a glossy-pillow-balloon. You see, I am not yet complete without my bulbous crown. Soft-to-touch of velvety-allure, a simple ball dressed in flock, metamorphosed with magnetic, magical dust. Together, I represent the playful joys of life.

I am a creation by Lucy Hardcastle and I come from the Pillow and Ball series.”